Browse, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Browsed (brouzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Browsing.] [For broust, OF. brouster, bruster, F. brouter. See Browse, n., and cf. Brut.] 1. To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; — said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
Yes, like the stag, when snow the plasture sheets,
The barks of trees thou browsedst.
Shak.
2. To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
Fields... browsed by deep-uddered kine.
Tennyson.